"Being a woman anywhere is dangerous."

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Mona Eltahawy

#Being A Woman Quotes #Dangerous Quotes

“A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time - not Hercules, Orpheus, Ulysses and Aeneas - but Superman, Captain Marvel, and Batman.”
“If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.”
“Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government denominated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evils in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the divine law.”
“The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a doctor who offers a course of therapeutic treatment to heal oneâ€™s ills. To embark on such a therapy is not designed to bring one any closer to â€˜the Truthâ€™ but to enable oneâ€™s life to flourish here and now, hopefully leaving a legacy that will continue to have beneficial repercussions after oneâ€™s death. (154)”
“That which is imagined can never be lost.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 18, 2014
“You don't have freedom unless you have the freedom to do stupid self-destructive things.”

Source : "The Situation with Tucker Carlson", www.nbcnews.com. August 16, 2005.
“Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.”
“I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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